· 1/30/2013
Terry Wayne Duckworth v. Allianz Life Insurance Company of North America
Citations
- 706 F.3d 1338
- 2013 U.S. App. LEXIS 2132
- 2013 WL 335904
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- stating that under Georgia law “[a]n insurance policy should be read as a layman would read it”
- explaining that if ambiguity remains after the application of the rules of construction, the language of the insurance policy remains ambiguous and the intention of the parties must be consulted to determine what the parties intended
- “Georgia law teaches that an ambiguity is duplicity, indistinctness, an uncertainty of meaning or expression.”
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Judges: Barkett, Jordan, Schlesinger
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